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9 June, 06:21

An element with mass 970 grams decays by 27.7% per minute. How much of the element is remaining after 13 minutes, to the nearest 10th of a gram?

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  1. 9 June, 07:38
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    Every 1 minute, you multiply the mass by 27.7% or 0.277

    after 1 minute, you multiply once

    after 2 minutes, you multiply twice

    3, thrice

    etc

    so after 13 minutes, you multiply 13 times or 0.277^13

    so what is 970g * 0.277^13 = ?
  2. 9 June, 08:04
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    970 * (1-0.277) ^ (13)

    =14.3
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